Chapter 79

She was living on borrowed time, as well but somehow that mattered less. If he killed her this second, she would have only two regrets. First, that she wouldn’t be around to help those adorable kids anymore, and second, that Asher would always believe that she hadn’t trusted him or cared for him at all.

Kimberly rode the elevator in silence, then stepped out in the elegant foyer and asked for Damon Forbes.

“I’m sorry,” the lady they spoke to told her. “Mr. Forbes is on vacation. Did you have an appointment?”

Kimberly turned to Christopher. “Did you make an appointment?” she asked him.

He nodded. “Paul Nelson is handling the transaction.”

“Then Mr. Nelson,” Kimberly said.

“Of course. I will tell him you are here,” she waited politely for their names.

Christopher put his arm around Kimberly and squeezed her tightly against him. “Miss Kimberly Blake. And I’m Christopher Keane… Here with her for… personal reasons.”

“Of course,” the young w